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Betting On Environmental Sustainability and Balance

Ana María Naranjo, ISA
Jimena Maria Toro, ISA

ISA is the biggest energy transport company in Colombia and also present in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and throughout Central America. Through its affiliates and subsidiaries, the company conducts a range of activities such as design, construction, administration, operation of lineal infrastructure systems in electricity, telecommunications connectivity, and highway construction with the project Autopistas de la Montaña. more[...]

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Grundfos Reuses Wastewater

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In the future, water supplies will be even scarcer than is presently the case. Action must be taken in order to solve the problem. Climate change causes a number of different problems. As regards water resources, climate change affects the environment in a number of different ways. more[...] login_required

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Grundfos Reuses Wastewater

Grundfos

In the future, water supplies will be even scarcer than is presently the case. Action must be taken in order to solve the problem. Climate change causes a number of different problems. As regards water resources, climate change affects the environment in a number of different ways. more[...]

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Being an Avatar for a Sustainable World

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Climate change has become by far the most important environmental issue and will take an increasingly prominent position within the policy discussions in Sweden, the European Union, and the rest of the world in the coming years and decades. In 2009 Folksam launched a project focusing on the energy industry to help lead the way toward a sustainable society. more[...] login_required

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Being an Avatar for a Sustainable World

Carina Lundberg Markow, Folksam
Folksam

Climate change has become by far the most important environmental issue and will take an increasingly prominent position within the policy discussions in Sweden, the European Union, and the rest of the world in the coming years and decades. more[...]

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Climate Protection at Deutsche Bank

Prof. Hanns Michael Hölz

Companies need to act sustainably to maintain the trust of the societies in which they operate. Climate protection has an important role to play here. Deutsche Bank is active in the following areas: financial intermediary, environmental efficiency manager and climate ambassador. more[...]

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Ee, Marina

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Global Warming and Risk Management

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Our project focuses on the efforts we´ve been making to improve the capacity to monitor, measure and minimize the impacts of our distribution fleet. Trough the joint work of the Departments of Logistics, Sales and Finance and the Committee on Business Sustainability, in 2009 we were able to conduct the first monitoring of reseller´s fleet, which includes more than 4.000 vehicles. Besides, we´ve been working to enhance the control over the sub-contracted transportation companies that also distribute Copagaz´s products. Among the benefits, we can highlight the internal awareness about climate change and its relation to business and risk management. more[...] login_required

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Global Warming and Risk Management

Elizete Neto Tavares Paes, Copagaz
José Pascowitch, Copagaz

Recognizing that climate change has become a worldwide challenge, Copagaz made this a priority. A signatory of the UN Global Compact since 2003, in 2008 Copagaz became a member of the Caring for Climate initiative. more[...]

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Efficient Household Appliances Are Good for the Environment and Your Wallet

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Energy efficient Home Appliances can make a considerable contribution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Studies completed by independent bodies have found that home appliances make a significant contribution to reducing energy consumption and global warming. A ten year old refrigerator consumes up to five times as much energy as a comparable new model. more[...] login_required

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Efficient Household Appliances Are Good for the Environment and Your Wallet

Fridolin Weindl, BSH

Accounting for almost 30 percent of consumption, private households are the second-largest source of energy use and, with 21 percent, the third-largest source of CO2 emissions worldwide. Electrical appliances, in turn, account for almost half of the entire electricity use in private households. more[...] login_required

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Corporate Sustainability - The Way Forward

Natalia Gonchar, Sakhalin Energy Investment Company
Sakhalin Energy

Sakhalin Energy has based its activities on a strategy of sustainable development. It allows the company to achieve business goals while taking into consideration the potential environmental and social impacts on its employees and on local communities. It is fair to say that such an approach means no operational or technological decision is made without adequate environmental, health,and social assessments of the potential impact of the Sakhalin-2 Project. more[...]

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Environment Preservation in the Amazon

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Bradesco endeavors to incorporate sustainability into each one of its business activities and corporate strategies. We do believe in a better world for both current and future generations. Considering that socio-environmental investment is one of the pillars of our sustainability core, we support many initiatives regarding that matter in Brazil, through partnerships directed at the preservation of forest environment. more[...] login_required

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Environment Preservation in the Amazon

Eduardo Dantas, Bradesco
Banco Bradesco S.A.

Bradesco endeavors to incorporate sustainability into each one of its business activities and corporate strategies. We do believe in a better world for both current and future generations. Considering that socio-environmental investment is one of the pillars of our sustainability core, we support many initiatives regarding that matter in Brazil. more[...]

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Green Technology: Solutions for Climate Change

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The Bosch Group is facing the challenge of the climate change. Considering the eminent importance and vast implications of the topic, as an individual or as a single company one might falter faced with such a challenge. At Bosch, however, we are convinced that innovative technology – already in place or yet to be developed – has considerable potential in creating and finding solutions. more[...]

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